At 1:04 PM -0500 12/19/99, Thomas Ward wrote:
>I have a date (e.g., 12/18) and a string ("my string"). I would like a
>repeating, untimed event added to the datebook, every year on 12/18 with the
>given string. I've read some postings regarding this type of thing, which
>make me believe that the Exchage Manager is the easiest way to do this.
Start by reading about the vCalendar format at: http://www.imc.org/
Then read the Exchange Manager documentation. You'll want to use Loopback mode so the
"beam" goes back to the same device. This can be set programmatically or using
shortcut-dot-t. You'll want to do the former. The filename (the name field of the
socket) should be "foo.vcs" so that the Datebook app will "receive" the beam.
Alternatively, you can specify the creator ID of the Datebook app, but this is perhaps
less forward compatible. You should probably do both.
The only real problem I'd expect is that the user will see a progress dialog titled
"Beam". This dialog won't stay up for very long, but it's still distracting.
Good luck!
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Danny Epstein, Applied Thought Corporation
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